presents
No Strings On Me: Cinema’s Living Puppet
Celebrating the craft of practical puppetry and the iconic, handmade characters of pre-CGI cinema.
No Strings On Me: Cinema’s Living Puppet
Featuring well-known classics alongside hidden gems, each film offers an insight into an industry before the digital age of the creature feature, with the magic of their monsters a living, breathing amalgamation of tangible mastery.
Join us to celebrate the craft of practical puppetry and the iconic, handmade characters of pre-CGI cinema. We'll have a very special puppet show with Topsy Turvy Theatre, shadow puppet workshops and screenings of beloved on-screen puppets, including Muppet Treasure Island, The Dark Crystal, The NeverEnding Story, Return to Oz and more!
You will see other exciting puppet events popping up across the country, as the wonderful Heather Bradshaw proposed the idea for the season to Park Circus & Cinema Rediscovered. Lots of cinema programmers, including us, loved the idea and are making their own iterations.
What’s on
No Strings On Me: Cinema’s Living Puppet
Find out more about the season
Who is behind this season?
Heather Bradshaw, a film curator and critic based in London, specialising in animation, folklore, puppetry on screen, and feminist cinema, proposed the idea of this puppet season to Park Circus and Cinema Rediscovered. Lots of cinema programmers across the country, including us, loved the idea and are making their own iterations.
You can read Heather's programme notes here: